So our last 3 games have seen us win maximum points, and clicking in an attacking sense, but there have also been (from my recollection at least) a number of mistakes made defensively, and soft goals conceded - in the case of Watford and Brentford - to teams near the bottom of the table.
Somewhat ironically, many of these have come not from our stand in RB but from 3 of our vaunted back 5, with the other player - Tierney, looking below par for a few games now. Many were saying that lack of cup football meant that even though we now have a small squad, we should be able to manage a game per week in the EPL without ill effects of fatigue, but I wonder whether the lack of effective first team quality players trusted to rotate into our system is leading to what are uncharateristic errors from Gabriel, Ben White and particularly Ramsdale? There is mental and physical fatigue, and could we be seeing the former here, or is it just one of those things, or perhaps the absence of Tomiyasu, who does seen to balance our team in a way that Cedric doesn't?
Will mental fatigue - that can understandably affect younger players more - be an Achilles heel for us when facing sterner tests than we have had recently, or are the defensive mistakes part and parcel of us having a demonstrably greater attacking intent these days?
Thoughts?
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